For those of you who can’t get enough of simulation racers, but found that Gran Turismo 5 didn’t pack the amount of punch that you’ve come to expect, EA and the folks over at Slightly Mad Studios have some good news for you. Shift 2 Unleashed looks to bring some high-intensity and pulse-pounded action into the genre of simulation, and aren’t backing down from the competition. The game has finally gotten a release date for this spring, and with it, a brand new trailer showing off actual gameplay.
The challenge of putting a player into another character’s shoes is compounded in genres where the player is given a chance to experience something that is familiar to them, and nowhere is this truer than in racing games. Most people know what a car feels like, so the responsibility falls to the developer to offer something new or interesting that is otherwise unattainable.
So how do you take an everyday driver and show them what it’s like to race professionally? EA Senior VP Patrick Soderlund has stated that GT5 sterilized the racing experience to pursue a technical level of perfection, while Shift 2 Unleashed will aim to accurately depict the insanity of going to to-to-toe with fellow racers at high speeds.
The newest trailer gives a glimpse of the game in action, and shows what kind of look and feel Slightly Mad Studios believes is sorely missing from today’s racing:
